Welded rail-anchor



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APPLICAUON FILED AUGJS, 1920.

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WEIDED RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedl Nov.` 23, 192,0.

Application led August 1S, 1920. Serial No. 404,427.

TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Rochelle, inthecounty. oi' Westchester and Stateyof Neivork, have invented;

certan.Y new andi.usefullV Improvements in lVelded RailfAnchoz-s, of which the following isa specification,V

This invention relates to rail anchors ot thei type which are welded. directly to the rail and are adapted: to engage an abutment provided either by the tie or tie plate to chelck or prevent longitudinal creeping oir the rai s.

Primarily, the invention has for its object the provision of a rail anchor which may heg cheaply made and appliedgxvbile at the same time pQSVSes-sing the capability oi' meeting all of the practical requirements for a rail anchor and embodying the desirable feature: of having the adaptability of being readily and quickly detached or removed from the rail by1 a bloyv of a railroad spike maul or. equivalent tool.

Another object of practical importance is tofprovidearail Vanchor which may be constructed from simple sections orYYY pier-es of rolled steel in common use thereby entirely obviating the espense, time and labor incident to the processes oi' molding, casting, bending or rolling which are commonly emplo ed in the manufacture of devices oit' this kind. To these ends the invention has for its general object the construction of a rail anchor of extreme simplicity 'and utilizing a minimum amount and Weight of metal, and yet having the anchor in such form and arrangement as to permit it to be securely fastened to the rail by simple Welds, suiliciently strong in the aggregate to etfectually resist the creeping thrust of the rail While so disposed as to permit the anchor to be displaced or stripped from the rail by a hammer blow.

.With these and further objects in view which will be apparent to those familiar with the art the invention consists in the novel features of improvement hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

Though susceptible ot structural mudi' cation certain preferred and practical emy hodiments of the device are shown in the accompanying drawings in whichz Figure 1 is a perspective view of a primary form of the rail anchorin its applied position on the rail base.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view ofthe structure shovvnin Fig. L.

Fig. 3 is a side View of the rail showing the anchor applied in the manner shown in ig, 4 is a View sin'iilar to Fig. l illustrating a modification that may be` resorted to in order to obtain a strong weld@ at each welding, point.

Lilie references designate corresponfiling parte' throughout the several figures ofL the drawings.

As above indigi'lted the primary feature ot this invention resides in the use` o'll a simple form of anchor member `which mayy be termed'a check bar ,esiglndxdi by the numeral l and':adaptedd to be arranged beneath the rail base and to extend transversely across' the'Sande- This check bar preferably consists of a suitable length Otan ordinary section ot' rolled steel. in ommen use, andas shown may be a simpleA flat bar which is placed beneath andl'against the rail base and which is slightlyT longer than the width ol` the rail base so as tor have projecting end portions 2 constitutingfastening lips secured toY the adjacent edges ot'llie railange by means of Welds rIl he projecting end Jprtions 2 of the check bar l combine Vwith tie adacent edges oi the rail flange to provide well defined welding grooves or corners 4 in which the wclds 2% are built up. These ivelds may be formed in any suitable manner but preferably by the oxyaeetylene torch method and employment of the steel welding pencil or rod which builds up a separate body of metal between the two parts to be united, although it will be understood that l do not limit my invention to such method or any particular means of producing the Welds 3 which rigidly and securely fastens the check bar to the rail flanges.

lt will be further observed in connection with thc welds il that at each projectingr end 2 of the bar these Welds are preferably spaced apart. and on the exposed part of thc bar end l between the Welds 3 a hammer blow may be directed to disengage and strip the anchor from the rail Without injury thereto Whenever it is necessary to remove the anchor in the resetting or reusing of the rail. llllhile the individual Welds 3 permit of this function of readily removing the anchor from the rail. it will be understood that the several wclds in the aggregate are suiiieiently strongto efiectnally resist the creeping force of the rail.

In the inodilicd forni of the invention snegested in Fig. l the upper surfaces of the projecting ends or lips 2 of the check har may he downwardly and outwardly beveled as indicated at 5, thus permitting the metal of the Welds 3 extending between the underside of the rail ilanges and the upper side of the check har thereby more securely fastening the bar to the rail Harige at each Welding location.

In its preferred use the check bar e is adapted to engage against the abutment provided by the tie plate 6 and the tie 7, but it will of course be understood that my invention is not limited to the abutment provided h y the tie plate as the check har maliY be made ot' material sutlicicntiv deep so that it will engage the tie as the abutment surface.

From the forefoing it is thought that the construction, action and many advantages of the herein described rail anchor will he readi ly apparent without farther description and it will he understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details oi the construction may be resorted to Without departing Jfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

I claim l. A rail anchor consisting` of a bar ere tending across the rail base and welded to the edges of the rail flanges.

Q. A rail anchor consisting of a har ere tending across the rail base and having projecting' ends Welded to the edges of the rail flanges.

3. A rail anchor consisting of a bar extending1 across the rail base and having ends projecting beyond the edges of the rail flanges and welded connections between said projecting ends and the edges of the 'ail anges.

4. A rail anchor consisting of a single har extending across the rail hase and Welded at its ends to the edges of the rail Hannes.

5. rail anchor consistingr of a single ilat har extending across the rail base and VWelded at its ends to the edges of the rail flanges.

6. A rail anchor consisting of a har extendingacross the rail hase and having a plurality of Welded connections between its ends and the edges of the rail flanges.

'i'. rail anchor consisting of a single fiat har extending across the rail hase and having spaced welded connections between its ends and the edges of the rail flanges.

8. A rail anchor consisting of a bar extending across the rail hase, and Welded connections extendinzgr between the under and outer edges oi" the rail flanges and the under portions ot' said har.

9. A rail anchor consisting;- of a har extending across the rail base and provided with projecting beveled end portions, and n'elds between the beveled portions of the har and the outer edge and under surfaces ot the rail fianges.

In testimony whereof l hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

BENJTVEIN VVOLHAUPTER.

iitnesses LoUELLA F. Lrl'rLE, ANDREW ARNOLD, Jr. 

